Sony DAV-S888 Review

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Sony DAV-S888
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starplayer.'s Review of Sony DAV-S888 DVD Home Cinema System

24th Jul 2003

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    4.5 stars
Good Points

Stylish looks, great sound


Bad Points

none so far..


General Comments

Originally, I owned a Sony davs800, and not to dishearten current owners, but this had to go back because it developed a fault with the cd player. I worked in an audio and tv department, and two shop floor models also developed the same faults.. not reading cd's, or taking ages to read the cd's and dvd's, or losing the sacd playback facility.. this happened to mine, and it then wouldn't read past a certain points on dvd's, it also took a lifetime to just read the cd's, and eject them!! I heard from a very reliable source that sony had quite a few problems with these systems... because they used a low cost cd player in the system!! the davs888 appeared rather mysteriously, and quickly after the 800 was released, I expect because they had changed the cd player, and just updated the woofer to a powered version to make it look a like a different model.. crafty!!

Admittedly though, the new system is much improved, reads cd's and dvd's much faster, and ejects them quickly as well, and the active woofer does make a difference, the 800 was overpowering in the low frequency range, and i found it drowned the mid range, the new woofer seems to change this, and to make the system appear to have more mid range, even though the speakers are still the same, who'd think a powered woofer could make such a difference!!

Overall, this new system is much improved, and even though I've had the luxury of having a similar system for over 8 months now, when I first got the system, was very impressed and happy with it, a great system for those who don't want to spend too much but have good sound and great looks... just don't go for the 800, even though its much cheaper now!!!

Its also good to look around, I got a bit stung for mine, buying it from a department store, but had the benefit of 12 months IFC, but mine is not multi region either, but was never a factor for me while buying the system anyway.

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